Cut-price hotel offers

21 Feb 2010

Enjoy excellent savings from these latest hotel offers:

CHINA

For a minimum two consecutive nights’ stay, The Peninsula Shanghai has a package starting from CNY2,500 (US$365) per night. Perks include daily American breakfast for two and complimentary use of VoIP internet phone as well as in-room wired and wireless internet.

Guests booking this package can also choose one of these three value-added benefits: one-way limousine airport transfer; upgrade to the next available room category; or a one-hour-50-minutes ESPA Essential treatment for one person at The Peninsula Spa by Espa. The offer is good until March 31.

Le Meridien Cyberport is currently running a special business package at HK$2,190 (US$282), which includes one night in a Smart Room, buffet breakfast for one in Prompt, one-way limousine transfer, free in-room broadband internet and one free alcoholic drink at one of the hotel’s bars or restaurant. Those wishing to upgrade to a Deluxe Ocean Room need to pay a supplement of HK$300 (US$39).

Business groups booking a minimum of 10 rooms enjoy a complimentary meeting package at Hilton Niseko Village in Hokkaido. Meeting room rental is waived while morning and afternoon coffee breaks are included free of charge. The offer is good until May 31.

Available throughout the year, Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur has a corporate package from MYR519 (US$152). The rate includes Continental breakfast for two people served in the restaurant or the privacy of your room; internet access for the duration of your stay; local phone calls; and upgrade to the next room category if available at check in.

M Hotel has an Advance Purchase Promotion that allows guests to save on room rates by booking early. Those reserving a room 14 days in advance get 15 percent off the best available rate. Early birds booking 21 days ahead not only receive 15 percent off the best available rate but also get a 50 percent discount on breakfast for two people. The promotion is available year-round.

Centara Hotels and Resorts has launched a value-added meeting package for its new Siripanna Villa Resort in Chiangmai, which brings the cost of a meeting down to only ThB1,000 (US$30) per person. The meeting package includes two coffee breaks, lunch and the use of LCD projector, TV monitor with DVD player and whiteboards and flipcharts. The offer is available from April 1 to October 31.

The 363-room Westin Grand Sukhumvit is offering a free night for guests booking rooms from now until March 31. Book two consecutive nights and get the third night free (promotion code: Z3R); do three straight nights and the fourth night is on the house (promotion code Z4R). Guests staying five nights or longer (promotion code Z5R) enjoy 25 percent off room rates. The promotion is valid for stays until October 30.

Travellers can enjoy spending credits equivalent to one night’s rate for every booking of two nights and above at the best available rates at banyantree.com and angsana.com. Valued up to US$1,860, the complimentary credits can be used to offset charges for spa treatments, dining an purchases at retail galleries.

This limited-period “Karma” online promotion is open for booking from March 1 to March 15, for stays between April and June 30.

The best available rates range between US$125 for a Premier Suite at Banyan Tree Bangkok and US$1,860 for a two-bedroom DoublePool Villa at Banyan Tree Phuket in Thailand. At Deer Park Hotel in Sri Lanka, which is managed by Angsana Hotels and Resorts, the rates start from US$115 for a Superior Cottage; while rates are capped at US$1,100 for a Premier InOcean Villa at Angsana Velavaru in the Maldives.

Rates are inclusive of daily breakfast for two. A non-refundable advance payment of one night is required.